--- title: When, then, the fatal day came the unhappy Potentilla was led into t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When, then, the fatal day came the unhappy Potentilla was led into the great hall between the King and Queen, the latter wild with envy at the murmurs of admiration which rose on all sides at the loveliness of the Princess. Who acts: fatal day, admiration. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fatal day, admiration), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:11:163 # text = When, then, the fatal day came the unhappy Potentilla was led into the great hall between the King and Queen, the latter wild with envy at the murmurs of admiration which rose on all sides at the loveliness of the Princess. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 between between ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 murmurs murmur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 loveliness loveliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the fatal day | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | past · passive | | the unhappy Potentilla | | the great hall between the King and Queen | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into hall=Destination | | 3 | **rise** | past | admiration | | | all sides | | at the loveliness of the Princess | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 4 | **murmur** | | | admiration | | | | | nom murmur «event transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/162/) - next →: [sentence 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/164/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)